Computers and Society
Computers and Society | Minority Communities Should Be Guaranteed Access to the Internet
You can now confidently say “Welcome to the planet” to anyone who has not heard of the Internet. Nearly every household in the country has been bombarded by shrink-wrapped diskettes and CDs offering “free trial access” to the Net, as it’s commonly called. Yet in spite of the heavy media coverage of online culture and the business world’s newfound obsession with Internet-related companies and activities, fewer than 10 percent of North Americans actually have any kind of meaningful access to the Net. The Internet may be the main component of the information superhighway, but...
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- Introduction
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Chapter 1: How Will Computers Transform Society?
- Computers and Society: An Overview
- Computers Will Significantly Transform Society
- Personal Computers Will Transform the Home
- Computers Will Not Significantly Transform Society
- Future Societal Transformations Cannot Be Predicted
- Computers Will Create Unemployment
- Software as Career Threat
- Computers Do Not Create Unemployment
- Computer Technology Reduces Worker Productivity
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Chapter 2: How Will Computer Technology Affect the Right to Privacy?
- Chapter 2 Preface
- Computer Technology Violates People’s Right to Privacy
- Computer Technology Can Reveal People’s Personal Information
- Computer Technology Will Eliminate Privacy
- Computer Crimes Will Increasingly Invade People’s Privacy
- Strong Encryption Is Needed to Protect Privacy
- Computer Technology Will Not Necessarily Jeopardize Privacy
- Chapter 3: Should Computer Content Be Censored?
- Chapter 4: Should Universal Access to Computer Technology Be Guaranteed?
- Chapter 5: Will Computers Transform Education?
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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